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There is Still Time to Complete ATRI’s Operational Costs of Trucking Survey

May 12, 2015 | Industry News

The American Transportation Research Institute’s 2015 Operational Costs of Trucking survey is still open for response.  Through a brief online survey, ATRI seeks to capture basic cost information from for-hire carriers such as driver pay, fuel costs, insurance premiums and lease or purchase payments.  Carriers are asked to provide full year 2014 cost per mile and cost per hour data.

There has been a great response from carriers so far and we would like to thank everyone who has completed the survey. I

f you have not submitted your information yet, please take a few minutes to complete the confidential survey online at www.atri-online.org.

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